After years of dithering and hoping the problem would go away, California is finally taking steps to address its housing crisis. In 2017 the state passed a series of bills designed to encourage the construction of new affordable housing -- streamlinin...

The New York Times has broken the news that special counsel Robert Mueller III issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization for documents, the first confirmation that Mueller is examining the president’s business interests. This news came with few detai...

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WASHINGTON >> Governments routinely behave badly, but sometimes their mean-spiritedness comes to the Supreme Court’s attention. On Tuesday, it will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of measures that California’s government has taken to compel pro-life entities to speak against their own mission.

By George Will|1 day ago

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Stephanie Clifford, the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels who alleged a sexual relationship with DonnyT, sued him and promised to return $130,000 his lawyer gave her as hush money. Her movies include such classics as “Knocked Up” and “Forty-Year Old Virgin.” She appears with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes (CBS) in a taped interview. As I jot this down, the date on-air has yet to be determined. She states the non-disclosure agreement between them is not valid because the US President...

By Ed Fisher|3 days ago

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Since the beginning of recorded history there have been end of the world predictions. In recent years we have had radio preachers, politicians and scientists declare with certainty that the world would soon end, either because of our decadent lifestyle, or because of “global warming,” now known as “climate change.”

By Cal Thomas|3 days ago

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WASHINGTON >> With the nomination and likely confirmation of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, President Trump will soon have a trusted adviser who can prepare him for his upcoming summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Pompeo’s first job is to make sure Trump understands one thing going into those talks: North Korea has no plans to give up its nuclear weapons at the negotiating table.

By Marc A. Thiessen
The Washington Post|3 days ago

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There are a couple of important economic lessons that the American people should learn. I’m going to title one “the seen and unseen” and the other “narrow well-defined large benefits versus widely dispersed small costs.” These lessons are applicable to a wide range of government behavior, but let’s look at just two examples.

By Walter Williams|3 days ago

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Pope Francis stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica five years ago on March 13 as the unlikely choice to lead an ancient institution at a time when the popular image of the church could have been that of a grimacing taskmaster wagging a finger at a world that had stopped paying attention.

By John Gehring
Religion News Service|4 days ago

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I recently received an advance copy of Jonah Goldberg’s forthcoming book “Suicide of the West.” I’ll be writing a review in another space, but, for today’s purposes, I’ll paraphrase a sentence from the book’s Introduction. It echoes much the same refrain I’ve been singing in this real estate for the better part of the past four years.

By Bruce Edward Walker|4 days ago

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Rex Tillerson was poorly cast as secretary of state. The veteran oil executive never grasped some of the essentials of diplomacy, including the importance of public communication. He badly damaged the State Department by ignoring its professionals, scores of whom departed, while conducting a prolonged and ill-advised reorganization. He disregarded American principles by playing down human rights, and he proved ineffective as a negotiator — whether with U.S. allies such as the Persian Gulf...